degeneracy, n.
(degeneracies)
(degeneracies)
moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 3
corruption degeneracy depravation depravity putrefaction
sample sentences
"the luxury and corruption among the upper classes""moral degeneracy followed intellectual degeneration"
"its brothels, its opium parlors, its depravity"
"Rome had fallen into moral putrefaction"
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derivationally related form
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hypernym
the state of being degenerate in mental or moral qualities
<noun.state>
decadence decadency degeneracy degeneration
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
semantic pointers
hypernym